Stop Deducting 1% E-Levy Charge; GRA to Telcos
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has instructed all telecommunication companies to cease deducting the one percentage electronic transfer levy effective midnight.
This follows President John Dramani Mahama’s assenting to the infamous bill on April 2, 2025.
In a letter to all charging entities, the Authority officially informed them of the abolition of the Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022 (Act 1075) effective April 2, 2025.
It conveyed, “In accordance with our previous communication regarding implementation guidelines, this letter serves as formal authorization for you to proceed with the deployment of the ‘no charge’ configuration on your platforms.”
The GRA noted that the Electronic Transfer Levy Management and Assurance System (ELMAS) will automatically return a “no charge” on all transactions posted to it by entities from midnight while directing all the Charging Entities to cease applying the 1% E-Levy from midnight on all their channels.
It further directed the entities to immediately refund any E-Levy amounts deducted from customers on April 2, 2025.
“Entities are to establish an expedited refund process to handle such cases promptly and maintain proper documentation of all refunds processed. Reports of such refunds must be submitted to GRA.”
“Charging Entities are to take the necessary steps to file and pay all outstanding E-Levy charged and collected on all transactions that occurred before 2nd April 2025.”
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
